Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 64, Issue 6 , Pages 874-876 , December 2006

Unsedated ultrathin EGD

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.07.037

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 64, Issue 6 , Pages 874-876 , December 2006

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